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__**Part 1 - Presentation & Guided Practice**__ In case you missed anything the first time around, or if you wanted to see all of the adorable photos of Reese again...

__**Part A - Discussion & Reflection**__ To respond to the discussion questions for this project and to provide feedback for your classmates, hit the discussion tab above.

__**Part 2 - Creating Clips for Graphs**__
 * For each of the three graphs shown below, your group will create a video or animation clip.
 * Start by using the activity sheets you were given in class to brainstorm ideas.
 * Have a storyline in writing before you attempt to make a clip
 * Select a media that is user friendly to make the clip, ideally you will go just beyond what you already knew about tehnology when creating these clips.

__**Part 3 - Creating Graphs from an Animation**__
 * For each of the three animations below, create a graph to represent the ball's height over time.
 * Start by using the activity sheets you were given in class to make a draft of what the graph will look like.
 * Be sure to use the value of T, which appears in the top right corner of each clip, NOT the value that appears on the Youtube timer.
 * Use the PAUSE feature as you collect data
 * Be sure that every critical point (Relative Maximum, Relative Minimum) has been reflected on your graph, NOT EVERY critical point occurs at an integer value for T.
 * For each "piece" of your graph, describe what the ball was doing in the clip. Example: "Falling from the tree"
 * On, after your graphs have been checked for accuracy, your group will be asked to take part in the presention of one the solutions.

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 * Part 3a: "The Evil Monkey"**

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 * Part 3b: "The Baller"**

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 * Part 3c: "Superball Saves the Day"**

__**Additional Resources**__

code format="java"  The Nature of Graphs by Dave Beaudoin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. code __**Technology used in the Creation of this Project:**__ **Open Office Presentation –** used to create the Power Point in Part 1 //This product was created by Oracle, based on OpenOffice.org. Copyright © 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.// **Digital Camcorder / Camera –** used to record the video clips in Part 1, which feature Reese the puggle. Many of the addition slide photos of Reese were taken on a digital camera **Paint –** used to create various images throughout the project including the graphs //Microsoft Paint Version 5.1, Copyright © 1981-2001 Microsoft Co.//

**Windows Movie Maker –** used to edit and create the video clips in Part 1. The program allowed me to overlay the video with both text and music. I was also able to use this program to generate the still frames which went into the presentation. //Microsoft Window Movie Maker Version 5.1, Copyright © 1981-2001 Microsoft Co.//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">**YouTube.com** – all of the video clips and animations are available for viewing on this public website <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//YouTube, LLC © 2010//

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">**WikiSpaces.com –** used to create a wikipage, which is home to the discussions and also helpful links //Tangient LLC. San Francisco, CA// <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">© 2010

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">**Pivot Stickfigure Animation –** Used to create the raw footage for the three animations in part 3. This footage was then edited in Movie Maker and text and music were also added. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//Pivot Version 2.5.5 created by Peter Bone © 2004//

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__**Audio Clips & Images used in this project**__ “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Gonna Fly Now”**// - Performed by the Rocky Orchestra © 1990, originally written by Bill Conti © 1976. “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Eye of the Tiger”**// - Performed and written by Survivor © 1983 “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Hearts on Fire”**// - Performed and written by John Cafferty © 1985 “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**No Easy Way Out”**// - Performed and written by Robert Tepper © 1986 “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Africa”**// - Performed and written by Toto © 1982 “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Big Shot”**// - Performed and written by Billy Joel © 1978 “<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//**Believe It or Not”**// - Written by Mike Post & Stephen Geyer, performed by Joey Scarbury © 1981 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Stick figure animations from Pivot <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">All video clips & photos of Reese the Puggle were taken by Mr. & Mrs. David Beaudoin 2008-2010

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Page Last Updated: August 12, 2010